Don’t do what you want. Do what you don’t want. Do what you’re trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.

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"That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both ways."

- Chuck Palahniuk

Love

"You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it’s just teeth."

- Chuck Palahniuk

Awareness

"Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions."

- Chuck Palahniuk

Awareness

"Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves."

- Chuck Palahniuk

Transformation

"May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect."

- Chuck Palahniuk

Personal Growth

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

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